Exercise 4 for Lesson 14
A1 Learn: Express eating preferences, decide on different options and prices Irregular verbs: wollen/heißen/möchten, modal particle ‚doch‘ Play podcast episode (ad-free) Play story part only Play Grammar Explainer Play Vocabulary Coach 4 Write the missing part of the verbs Grammar Modal particle “doch” uses and meanings Modal particles are a specialty in German. They are…...
Exercise 3 for Lesson 14
A1 Learn: Express eating preferences, decide on different options and prices Irregular verbs: wollen/heißen/möchten, modal particle ‚doch‘ Play podcast episode (ad-free) Play story part only Play Grammar Explainer Play Vocabulary Coach 3 Match the pictures with the words Listen and repeat The hard and soft ch- sound macht – nichts braucht – ich Hochzeit – China Buch – München …...
Exercise 2 for Lesson 14
A1 Learn: Express eating preferences, decide on different options and prices Irregular verbs: wollen/heißen/möchten, modal particle ‚doch‘ Play podcast episode (ad-free) Play story part only Play Grammar Explainer Play Vocabulary Coach Grammar Take a look at the irregular verbs heißen, wollen and möchten. The grey verb forms are the ones we’ve already learned. Regular forms…...
Exercise 4 for Lesson 13
A1 Learn: Get to know people, chat online Irregular modal verbs: können/müssen/mögen, enumeration in a sentence Play podcast episode (ad-free) Play story part only Play Grammar Explainer Play Vocabulary Coach 4 Listen and connect the phrasesThe sentences you hear make sense if they go together with one of the options on the right Listen,…...
Exercise 3 for Lesson 13
A1 Learn: Get to know people, chat online Irregular modal verbs: können/müssen/mögen, enumeration in a sentence Play podcast episode (ad-free) Play story part only Play Grammar Explainer Play Vocabulary Coach Grammar This line from the dialog is a good example for an enumeration in a sentence: Laura: … Du bist Paul, kannst gut kochen und…...
Exercise 2 for Lesson 13
A1 Learn: Get to know people, chat online Irregular modal verbs: können/müssen/mögen, enumeration in a sentence Play podcast episode (ad-free) Play story part only Play Grammar Explainer Play Vocabulary Coach Grammar Modal verbs are words like can, must, and like. They show possibility, ability, intent, obligation, or necessity. If a sentence has one of these,…...
Exercise 4 for Lesson 12
A1 Learn: Online profiles, understand descriptions of people Irregular verbs: sein/haben, sentence type summary: declarative sentence, W-question sentence, yes/no-question sentence Play podcast episode (ad-free) Play story part only Play Grammar Explainer Play Vocabulary Coach Grammar You can see that we’ve already learned most verb forms of the irregular verbs sein and haben: regular ruleich …-edu …...
Exercise 3 for Lesson 12
A1 Learn: Online profiles, understand descriptions of people Irregular verbs: sein/haben, sentence type summary: declarative sentence, W-question sentence, yes/no-question sentence Play podcast episode (ad-free) Play story part only Play Grammar Explainer Play Vocabulary Coach 3 Choose the right words Paul’s father is nagging. Make sense of his thoughts by choosing the right options for…...
Exercise 2 for Lesson 12
A1 Learn: Online profiles, understand descriptions of people Irregular verbs: sein/haben, sentence type summary: declarative sentence, W-question sentence, yes/no-question sentence Play podcast episode (ad-free) Play story part only Play Grammar Explainer Play Vocabulary Coach Grammar Declarative sentence 1) the subject(who/what is doing something?) Wir 2) the verb(what are they doing?) gehen 3) the rest of…...
Exercise 4 for Lesson 11
A1 Learn: Give and receive advice as well as a gift Articles kein/keine VS ein/eine, nein VS nicht VS kein Play podcast episode (ad-free) Play story part only Play Grammar Explainer Play Vocabulary Coach Learning suggestion The total amount of new words per episode varies slightly. But the number of new words you’re supposed…...
Exercise 3 for Lesson 11
A1 Learn: Give and receive advice as well as a gift Articles kein/keine VS ein/eine, nein VS nicht VS kein Play podcast episode (ad-free) Play story part only Play Grammar Explainer Play Vocabulary Coach Grammar Let’s complete the negative forms: We make verbs negative with NICHT:Ich bin nicht Igor. I am not Igor. We use…...
Exercise 2 for Lesson 11
A1 Learn: Give and receive advice as well as a gift Articles kein/keine VS ein/eine, nein VS nicht VS kein Play podcast episode (ad-free) Play story part only Play Grammar Explainer Play Vocabulary Coach Grammar The negative article kein is the opposite of ein. Ein means “a“, and kein means “not a” or “not any“:…...
Exercise 3 for Lesson 10
A1 Learn: Ask for names and origin, talk about languages German indefinite articles (ein, eine), countries VS people VS languages (Turkey, Turk, Turkish) Play podcast episode (ad-free) Play story part only Play Grammar Explainer Play Vocabulary Coach Listen and repeat In lesson 9, we already touched on the topic of diphthongs. They are sounds…...
Exercise 2 for Lesson 10
A1 Learn: Ask for names and origin, talk about languages German indefinite articles (ein, eine), countries VS people VS languages (Turkey, Turk, Turkish) Play podcast episode (ad-free) Play story part only Play Grammar Explainer Play Vocabulary Coach Grammar Like in English, the words for countries, languages, and nationalities are different: country language nationality Finnland Finnisch…...
Quick quiz for Lesson 10
A1 Learn: Ask for names and origin, talk about languages German indefinite articles (ein, eine), countries VS people VS languages (Turkey, Turk, Turkish) Play podcast episode (ad-free) Play story part only Play Grammar Explainer Play Vocabulary Coach Quick QuizEvery now and then we throw you in a little test situation so you can see how your…...
Exercise 4 for Lesson 9
A1 Learn: Talk about professions, spell names, alphabet part 3 The yes/no-question sentence & demonstrative pronouns Play podcast episode (ad-free) Play story part only Play Grammar Explainer Play Vocabulary Coach More grammar The articles der, die, and das can also be used as demonstrative pronouns. In that case, they are almost always at the beginning…...
Exercise 3 for Lesson 9
A1 Learn: Talk about professions, spell names, alphabet part 3 The yes/no-question sentence & demonstrative pronouns Play podcast episode (ad-free) Play story part only Play Grammar Explainer Play Vocabulary Coach Grammar When you ask something in a way that one can only answer with yes or no, your sentence has this basic structure: 1) the…...
Exercise 2 for Lesson 9
A1 Learn: Talk about professions, spell names, alphabet part 3 The yes/no-question sentence & demonstrative pronouns Play podcast episode (ad-free) Play story part only Play Grammar Explainer Play Vocabulary Coach Hint The letters ß and ss sound the same, but are not used in the same way: ss comes after a short vowel (a, e,…...
Exercise 3 for Lesson 8
Talk about family, alphabet part 2
The w-question sentence & verb conjugations plural: (wir, ihr, sie, Sie) kommen / kommt, wohnen / wohnt, arbeiten / arbeitet
Exercise 2 for Lesson 8
Talk about family, alphabet part 2
The w-question sentence & verb conjugations plural: (wir, ihr, sie, Sie) kommen / kommt, wohnen / wohnt, arbeiten / arbeitet
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